With Taylor in the dugout for the first four innings, Georgia dumped Georgia Tech 6-4 on Tuesday at Turner Field. Although ending the five-game losing skid to the Yellow Jackets felt good, Taylor's face in the dugout might have trumped it.

"They're both pretty awesome," Georgia second baseman Levi Hyams said. "I'm just glad we could whoop Tech and I'm glad J.T. could come out and watch it. I think he gave us that little extra energy that helped."

Taylor had not been with his teammates all at one time since breaking his neck against Florida State on March 6, except for two-by-two hospital visits about a month ago. Taylor is paralyzed from the neck down and currently rehabilitating in the Shepherd Center in Atlanta. Taylor and Chance Veazey - a Bulldogs sophomore who was paralyzed from the waist down in a scooter accident two years ago - parked their wheelchairs side-by-side in the Georgia dugout.

"The last time, he couldn't talk because he had a tube in his mouth and we got to visit for about a minute," Georgia coach David Perno said. "It was almost deflating when we left there to see what kind of shape he was in."

"But to see him today come out with all the smiles and to see them together, it was just awesome."

Taylor was in the dugout long enough to see Georgia's five-run outburst in the fourth inning that produced the win before he had to return to the Shepherd Center. But Taylor's sudden appearance left an impression on his teammates.

"I'm so glad to see J.T. He's looking great," Georgia shortstop Kyle Farmer said. "He's been growing out his chin hair for a while. He can't grow anything, but he hasn't shaved since Florida State and he thinks it looks good. It looks like Velcro."

Georgia scored most of its runs in the fourth inning, and four of those came with two outs. Zach Cone led off the inning with a walk and stole second with one out. Jonathan Hester singled home Cone to pull Georgia within 2-1. After Joey Delmonico struck out, Curt Powell got a bunt hit to load the bases and Levi Hyams singled home Kevin Ruiz and Hester. After Connor Welton walked, Kyle Farmer singled home Powell and Hyams to give Georgia a 5-2 lead.

"Levi started us off with that RBI hit down the line," Farmer said. "That's how you win games. Something clicked in our heads. That's how you win, with two-out hits."

Bryan Benzor (2-0) pitched three innings of relief, giving up two hits and one run (one earned) with two strikeouts and no walks to pick up the win. John Herman, Earl Daniels, Blake Dieterich and Tyler Maloof allowed a combined three hits and one run the final 4 2/3 innings to shut the door.

NOTEWORTHY: Georgia is 2-0 in games played at National League stadiums this season. Georgia also beat St. Mary's at Dodger Stadium in March. ... Cone wore Taylor's No. 2. ... Matt Skole hit a ground ball to pitcher Benzor that knocked Benzor's glove off. Benzor retrieved the ball and threw to first baseman Jonathan Hester for the out. ... Hyams extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a two-run single in the fourth. ... Cone went to the plate twice in the fourth inning, but did not have an official at-bat. He walked his first time and was hit by a pitch the second.